Allen County, Indiana People

General Josiah Harmar

Page 98 of The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs Publication date 1917 on Archive.org.

  1. 1916 Fort Wayne Sentinel image
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    See Harmar's Defeat section.
  2. 1916, April 25 - Monuments in Memory of Heroes of Former Years- Belated Honor to Johnny Appleseed - Monument to His Memory to Be Unveiled in Swinney Park, May 5. To Erect Monument at Harmar's Ford - Homer Gordon Davissson is Given Commission by the D.A.R.'s. Clipped from The Fort Wayne Sentinel25 Apr 1916, Tuesday, page 1. Clipped by StanFollisFW on 19 Feb 2022.
  3. Remembered with Harmar Street in the East Central neighborhood after his Harmar's Defeat. NEED TO TRANSCRIBE THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
  4. Discussed in Learn About the Dead Guys Our Streets Are Named After, Part 1: Harmar Street by Jennifer Balliet Milholland on History Center Notes & Queries blog.
  5. General Josiah Harmar's Campaign Reconsidered: How the Americans Lost the Battle of Kekionga by Michael S. Warner, Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 83, No. 1 (March 1987), pp. 43-64 (22 pages), Published By: Indiana University Press at jstor.org.
  6. General Josiah Harmar's Campaign Reconsidered: How the Americans Lost the Battle of Kekionga, Published: Mar 1, 1987, in Volume 83, Issue 1, March 1987 , by Michael S. Warner at Indiana Magazine of History journal in the archives at Indiana University Scholarworks.
  7. Little Turtle's famed battle humbled U.S. forces by Michael Hawfield in Cityscapes from the archives of The News-Sentinel newspaper.
  8. See Harmar Campaign and Josiah Harmar on Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
  9. Famous pioneer Daniel Boone's younger brother Edward Boone had a son Joseph Boone. Joseph Boone marched into battle October 22, 1790 at the Maumee Indian Village, present day Fort Wayne. He was shot and left for dead. Read his story at Harmar's Defeat in Saving Private Boone Joseph Boone at "Harmar's Defeat" by Jeffery L. Johnsonon on the Wayback Machine.
  10. Josiah Harmar papers (1681-1937) Collection processed and finding aid created by Shannon Wait, April 2011 Manuscripts Division, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.

General Harmar's campaign by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1954, on Archive.org.

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